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LOT 2859
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89.
Rome. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.1 633; C. 313; BN 436; BMCRE 406. Near Very Fine. Tooled.(28.76gr, 34mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2859
Domitian AE Sestertius.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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